Drymarchon corais

Drymarchon corais

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Drymarchon
Species: Drymarchon corais

Name

Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827)

• Holotype: not designated.
• Type locality: “America”.

Combinations

• Coluber corais Boie, 1827: 537 [original combination]
• Spilotes corais — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 223 [subsequent combination]
• Drymarchon corais — Stejneger, 1899 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Geoptyas flaviventris Steindachner, 1867
• Phrynonax angulifer Werner, 1923

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wüster, W., Yrausquin, J.L. & Mijares-Urrutia, A. 2001. A new species of indigo snake from northwestern Venezuela (Serpentes: Colubridae: Drymarchon). Herpetological Journal 11(4): 157–165. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Urbina, N., Nogueira, C., Gonzales, L., Catenazzi, A., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Hoogmoed, M., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Drymarchon corais  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T62234A3110201. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T62234A3110201.en. Accessed on 21 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Western Indigo Snake
• Nederlands: Indigoslang
• Türkçe: Çivit yılanı

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